A Follow Up — Well, we certainly stepped in it, judging by the "blogstorm" over Nick's post this past Friday. Over the past 24 hours scores of highly respected voices have chimed in on Microsoft's campaign, and I wanted to take the time to read as much of it as I could, really listen, and figure out where I came down in all of this.

Hah. Battelle Says His Authors Should Have Disclosed — More happenings on the sponsored text debate: John Battelle, CEO of FM Publishing, the ad network behind the ads, throw his authors, including us, under a bus today when he writes: … hmm. Disclose? Disclose what?

Lower prices ahead for Wi-Fi access? — MILAN: With the proliferation of Wi-Fi hotspots, it has become possible to open a laptop and connect to the Internet in just about any major airport as well as thousands of hotels, restaurants, cafes and bars. Yet logging on can sometimes be onerous …

Boingo goes flat. And that's good — Looks like common sense is finally prevailing in the for-fee Wi-Fi business. — Boingo Wireless, a Wi-Fi aggregator is launching a flat rate Wi-Fi plan for the entire planet, which seems like a first step in Wi-Fi price war, and that is just great, repeat great news for the consumer at large.

Five Things That Could Kill Facebook — For all the excitement about Facebook's explosive growth, it somehow feels like a huge fad that could disappear or, at least, dissipate, if something cooler comes rumbling over the horizon. When parents and businesses start embracing Facebook …

What will Facebook look like in 40 years? — At the moment the generational difference means that the vast majority of users on sites like Facebook are the younger generation. But the other day, it crossed my mind that in the future, 40 or so years, Facebook will look somewhat different when we've all got a touch older.

Revision3 Raises $8 million From Greylock — Online video site Revision3 has raised an $8 million second round of financing, according to a source close to the deal, bringing the total capital raised to $9 million. Our understanding is that Greylock led the round.

Revision3 raises $8M more for niche TV — Revision3, a San Francisco company creating high-quality video shows on niche topics, has raised $8 million more from investors. — Like several other companies, including Podtech (see our coverage) and Next New Networks (our coverage) …

The role of humans in Google search — Randy Stross wrote an interesting article for the New York Times about search with a human touch, and I wanted to talk about the role of people in Google search. — On this post, you get not one but *two* disclaimers. It's all part of my read-one-disclaimer, get-a-free-disclaimer program!

Mac OS X Leopard internal roadmap revealed … I'd rather have polish than — On June 23rd, 2007 04:42:00 PM Neil Anderson says: — I'd rather have polish than new features at this point in Leopard's development. — Partners in Grime — Login or register to post comments

Defamation lawsuit seeks to unmask anonymous cowards — Server logs? what server logs? — They should've known better than to flame law students. — Two female law students at Yale University have filed a lawsuit in a federal district court in Connecticut against an operator …

Xbox Live tries ads with McDonald's, New Line partnership — Free sponsored content aimed at attracting new download customers — Microsoft Xbox Live is partnering with McDonald's and New Line Home Entertainment to offer its first advertiser-sponsored movie, which will be available free …

When Computers Attack — ANYONE who follows technology or military affairs has heard the predictions for more than a decade. Cyberwar is coming. Although the long-announced, long-awaited computer-based conflict has yet to occur, the forecast grows more ominous with every telling …

New details about the iPhone — Remember the winning Engadget commercial, "The Long Arm of Steve Jobs"? We posted it after the break, but finding someone who's spent some serious time with a pre-launch iPhone and getting them to talk is basically a lot like that.

Real Evil: ISP Inserted Advertising — Texas based ISP Redmoon has implemented software that hijacks pages being visited by their customers by placing Redmoon's own ads on these pages. — The technology is provided by NebuAD, which boasts that ISP delivered advertisements are an untapped source of revenue.

PSD2 Compliance in Zoho Books — The Revised Payment Services Directive, also known as the PSD2, is a set of regulatory guidelines laid down by the European Union (EU) for finance, banking, and payment service companies.

Google Fi - a phone plan, by Google — We felt that most phone plans just weren't made with you in mind. So that's why we built Google Fi with features that real people actually want. Click to learn more.